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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Peanuts, like coconuts, are not nuts. A person with nut allergy is not necessarily allergic to peanuts (and vice versa). They are 2 separate allergies.

[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Coconut is a stone fruit apparently and peanuts are legumes.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

And here my dumb ass was thinking legume was a fancy word for nut

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 8 months ago

Other examples or legumes are beans and peas

[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I don't remember the last time I legumed

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Legume deez nuts.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

They'll rock your world if you fall asleep under the tree.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

But the biggest kick I ever got
Was do a thing called coconut rock

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Almonds are a stone fruit, too. It's just that the part we eat is inside the pit. Ever notice how almonds still in the shell kinda look like a peach pit?

Peaches and plums used to be cherry sized, too (and cherries are stone fruits as well, but selective breeding got the fruit-to-pit ratio better for peaches/plums/apricots/nectarines).

So some recipes call for processing cherry pits, and the flavor is pretty close to almond extract. Because almond extract is just bitter almonds processed in a similar way.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yup, my dad is allergic to nuts (hazelnuts, brazil nuts, and walnuts), but has no issues with peanuts. I have a cousin who's allergic to peanuts, and IIRC he can eat nuts just fine.